Fox International Productions (Fip) and China’s Bona Film Group are co-producing a Chinese-language remake of Fox hit Bride Wars, which is being directed by Tony Chan.

Currently shooting in Shanghai, the remake stars pop idols Angelababy and Ni Ni in the roles played by Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway in the 2009 original. The story follows two best friends who turn into bitter rivals when their respective weddings are booked on the same date.

Chan previously co-directed Fip’s Chinese box office hits Hot Summer Days and Love In Space with Wing Shya, who is acting as visual supervisor on the Bride Wars remake. Director-producer Fruit Chan, who was a producer on both Hot Summer Days and Love In Space, is also returning as a producer on the remake.

Principal photography is underway in Shanghai on a remake of the comedy Bride Wars, a Chinese-language co-production between Fox International Productions and Bona Film Group. Directed by Tony Chan, and starring Angelababy and Ni Ni in the roles originally played by Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway in 2009, Bride Wars is about two best friends who turn into bitter rivals when their respective weddings are booked on the same date. To one up each other, the two go to extreme lengths to sabotage each other’s happy day. Chan co-directed box office hits Hot Summer Days (2010) and Love In Space […]
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The Chinese-language retread stars Angelababy and Ni Ni and tells of two friends who become rivals and go to extreme lengths of oneupmanship when their weddings are booked on the same day.

Tony Chan, who previously directed other Fip films in China “Hot Summer Days” and “Love In Space,” returns as director. Also returning from those two outings are Fruit Chan as producer and Wing Shya as visual supervisor.

“‘Bride Wars’ is the first of several co-productions between Bona and Fox to commence principal photography. This is a defining project from our relationship. It will hold special appeal to the vast Chinese audience,” said Yu Dong, Bona’s chairman and CEO.

Bona will release the film in China, 20th Century Fox will handle international distribution.

Hong Kong – “The Midnight After,” a post-apocalyptic thriller which premieres next month in Berlin’s Panorama section, will be distributed in international markets by Fortissimo Films.

Directed by Hong Kong’s Fruit Chan (“Dumplings”), the film tells the story of 17 late night minibus passengers who discover that they are the only people left alive in the city. Chan uses the thriller genre to critique today’s Hong Kong society.

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